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		<title>For Real? We Own a Home?</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2010/01/29/for-real-we-own-a-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official, we&#8217;re finally home owners as of yesterday!  It went smooth and quickly once we (we, meaning my awesome &#8220;team&#8221; of people working while I sat around stressed) got over some speed bumps.  Is it worth that stress in the end? Yes. In fact, I was a little sad when it was all signed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Early Christmas Present</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2009/12/18/the-best-early-christmas-present/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I may not be holding babies in my arms right now like I should be, but God has given us another blessing this week (what great timing He has!) that makes my heart leap with joy and possibilities. (I wanted to put a big red bow on it but Flickr wouldn&#8217;t let me without paying, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Snow</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2009/01/20/firstsnow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is an important day.  Not just because of the USA&#8217;s change of power and that our new president is the first African American of our history, but because today it snowed!  Which, therefore marks history in our little family&#8217;s memories as it was Savannah&#8217;s first experience with it. And, Mark and I were just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Reasons We&#8217;re Going Gray</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2008/11/17/4-reasons-were-going-gray/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[21 has seemed to be the magic number for us adults in the O house.  It is apparently just as I thought, you turn 21 and you start feeling old.  And now, apparently my body thinks it&#8217;s time to get old too, and so does my husband&#8217;s. We&#8217;re both finding more and more gray hairs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laugh with Me. And then Help.</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2008/09/17/laugh-with-me-and-then-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need to go study so I won&#8217;t get a C on my two tests tomorrow&#8230;but before I do that&#8230;I just had to share what my crazy girl did.  I&#8217;m laughing at how silly she is, so that I won&#8217;t break down in tears. See, for the past 2 and half weeks we have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Semi-Wordless Wednesday: Hand-Me-Downs</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2008/06/18/semi-wordless-wednesday-hand-me-downs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, the blessings I find in hand-me-down clothes. Not only has it saved me hundreds of dollars (as I have only had to buy pajamas and if there was a special occasion. Other wise, right now Savannah is covered up until 3 years old, and we keep getting more to stash away!) but it also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Published on Hybrid Mom</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2008/05/21/published-on-hybrid-mom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 21:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whoa! I wrote this article back in February or so, submitted it, and never heard back from Hybrid Mom. I just found it through a search engine, and it was published on there! And some one commented :-) I know it&#8217;s just a small step in a writer&#8217;s world, but it&#8217;s still exciting to know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth Mother&#8217;s Day 2008</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2008/05/11/birth-mothers-day-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://omommawrites.com/2008/05/11/birth-mothers-day-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 19:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First off, Happy Mother&#8217;s Day everyone! I hope it&#8217;s been a great day of pampering and loving on your own mom and/or getting pampered and honored yourself! My family certainly has done a lot for me this weekend, with beautiful flowers and funny cards, but certainly the high light has been my experience with Birth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1st Birthday Party</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2008/02/24/1st-birthday-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s too much to do today. With Friday and Saturday packed full of birthday stuff, Mark and I are left trying to balance a lot of studying and homework and watch Savannah at the same time. So quickly&#8230; Savannah&#8217;s birthday party went very well. It was an extremely long and busy day, but I think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>P.S. She&#8217;s 11 Months Old</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2008/01/24/ps-shes-11-months-old/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding on to the feeling of coming unglued&#8230;my daughter is officially 11 months old and 1 day. *cries* I keep flashing back to a year ago, myself with a HUGE (and I mean painfully huge&#8230;) baby belly. The picture to the left is me a year ago, the day I turned 9 months pregnant with [...]]]></description>
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